Word: prior
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...whose Marxist ideology and links with international terrorism are well known. But nevertheless, it subscribes to the view, especially just after a terrorist attack, that Something Must Be Done. This usually means tinkering about with the constitution, erecting new "forums," adding an "Irish dimension," or initiating what James Prior called "rolling devolution." The Boston Globe said just this: ignore the IRA, but get on with negotiating a "solution." It sounds too obviously reasonable to be true. How could anyone possibly disagree...
National rankings released just prior to the game placed the Crimson (now 8-2-1) fifth in the country, a large but well-earned improvement over last week's 14th-place standing...
...TIME get a wider picture of the people who make it. The receptions are held throughout the year, but take on an added bustle in the first weeks of autumn, when government leaders converge on New York City for the United Nations General Assembly. In the ten-day period prior to their breakfast with Sepulveda, TIME journalists met with the President of Argentina (in this case, at his New York City hotel), the Prime Minister of Lebanon, and the foreign ministers of Australia, Austria and Jordan...
...writing to deplore the farce that took place at the Kennedy School Forum prior to the televised debate between Bush and Ferraro on Thursday night. This non-event termed a student "debate" between Harvard and Yale Democrats for Mondale-Ferraro and Harvard and Yale Republicans for Regan-Bush was a shameful performance. First, the student debaters failed to address the true issues of the campaign. Second, the audience was for some reason thrilled by the failure of either side to make substantive points. They cheered and hissed whenever a non-point was made, apparently to express their unreasoning support...
Robert H. Scott, Vice President for Administration, will chair a new committee to study the feasibility of wiring residential and non-residential University facilities for cable, based on prior experience with two Harvard-operated cable systems...